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Hi im travelling to hong-kong to pick up a cruise staying 4 night first two in macau then hong-kong,hong-kong airport to macau pls any advice on bus or boat and any tips , helicopter to expensive so no need to suggest lol
Suggest you search for ‘my great gap year macao’ on YouTube. Phil has the video for you.
The TurboJET ferry crossing is an efficient way of doing it, with the bonus of nice views from the water.
Hi thanks for that great tips from phil , and yes I will try the boat
Thanks youGoogle map says there is a shuttle bus, I have only done it once by boat. I recall it was fine.
Last time I checked, the ferry service had been massively reduced. If you need to avoid entering HK for visa reasons the potentially long layover might work but otherwise there’s now a very frequent bus service direct from the airport over the new bridge/tunnel combo.
If you are landing at HKG and wanting to go straight to Macau it makes no sense to take a ferry unless the extremely limited service from HKG (airport) lines up directly with your flight times.
Last time I checked, the ferry service had been massively reduced. If you need to avoid entering HK for visa reasons the potentially long layover might work but otherwise there’s now a very frequent bus service direct from the airport over the new bridge/tunnel combo.
Practically nobody who would be visiting Macau needs to avoid entering HK for “visa reasons”, but it would certainly be more convenient to do so, which comes at a cost.
The airside bus service from HKG to the Macau HZMB Port is several times the price of the regular bus, has limited seating (although it can be booked in advance at the risk of losing your place because of airline delay) and at times only runs hourly. https://www.macauhkairportbus.com/service.php?lang=en
However to get the regular bus across the bridge (which operates on a fill up and go basis) you need to make your way from HKG to HK HZMB Port landside, which can be done by local bus or perhaps by blue taxi.
See this FT thread https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hong-kong-macau/2163444-hkg-maccau.html
Practically nobody who would be visiting Macau needs to avoid entering HK for “visa reasons”, but it would certainly be more convenient to do so, which comes at a cost.
A few years ago, Indian passport holders needed a visa for HK but not for Macau, something I found out whilst attending a conference. I don’t care to research whether that has changed as it doesn’t impact my life one iota, but in the past, many many people visiting Macau needed to avoid HK for visa reasons.
I’ve not tried the crossing since the bridge was built, but the ferry was always convenient but slow. There are minimum connection times that mean you can be waiting quite a long time. These days I would look at ground transportation that let me just walk out of the airport and go even if it was more expensive.
Few years ago now (2018) but took the TurboJET to and from Macau, from the ferry port in Hong Kong. Was easy and very smooth, pleasant and enjoyable journey, though one of those typically hazy days and with not very clean windows the views weren’t that good. Depending on where your hotel is, were loads of free shuttle buses from the Macua Taipa terminal to the various hotels too, and think they also ran from the Maritime Port (was Grand Prix weekend in November so those services were a bit disrupted).
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